Yeah my CCwGTV is what died, so I ended up with their streamer. Hopefully locking sideloading is not something that will happen yet, but they are fighting hard to control how we use the internet these days.

Give me a AppleTV with sideloading and I’d pick it up in a heartbeat. It just works so well.

You could buy a small NUC and format to Linux, but you’d be stuck with either a keyboard or some small keyboard-like remote in the living room.

Let’s hope for better offerings in the future!

I really have no clue.
It looks like a cool system, but I also think they might be rushing it to have a reply to the U1.
Will it work well from the get go?
How long does it take to change filament and hotend?
Will mis-alignment stop prints often, as things get worn?

They also cannot possibly price it lower that the H2D, as it is the same printer with more tech.
Prusa has also more or less confirmed to be releasing the INDX-system soon, which seems like a smarter system to me.

If it turns out as polished as Bambu often do and not to expensive (sub 3k), then it will demolish the competition. I’m happy we all get to be a part of the insane development race going on these days.

Also: if Prusa wants to compete, they have to offer a heated chamber and decent camera as standard. I still can’t fathom how they dared to release the Core One without.
I’m willing to pay quite a bit more for European made, but not if it feels like a complete rip-off.

Honestly, if YT didn’t up their prices for Premium over and over I would have gone with Apple TV in a heartbeat.

Right now it’s a bloody principle to not pay for that shit, but I live with tiny tiny humans who use it a lot more than myself.

I ended up with the streamer, but not entierly happily. If Valve or Nvidia drops something proper, it will be sold fast.

Thanks for your input!

Never seen this, pretty cool!

It still needs to be app based for the family to approve sadly, so it’s either Android og Apple. Super advice for those with less stringent “rules” though, hehe. Cheers!

In that case, I stand corrected!

I still couldn’t justify the price tag for a new one, but I will if they release something with the Switch 2 SoC !

Makes sense. If my CCwGTV wouldnt have needed rebooting several times a week, I would have held out a lot longer too.
I just can’t justify shelling out $250+ for the Shield now that it’s this old. Found nothing used nearby.

Just picked up the Google Streamer. It’ll do for now and at least I know it works for what I need

Yeah I just came home with one. I dislike the small upgrade from the CCwGTV, but I needed something now to keep the peace.

I’ll stick with it untill something much better turns up. Cheers mate

Yeah it’s been suggested by others and I’d love it myself, but it won’t fly having a keyboard in the living room.

The server is a N100 running Proxmox and working like an absolute champion! Love these things.

Thanks for the input anyways. We totally agree, I’m just not in charge anymore

Hehe yeah, if I could choose we’d have a NUC in the living room, but I’m outnumbered in this house. Apps and remote control are must-haves

I was dumb enough to suggest the same. You are obviously the smarter of us.

Cheers mate! Enjoy your weekend

Yeah, I’m not an Apple-man myself, but I know several who are and I get that once you’re in the ecosystem, it’s a very comfy place to be. And functional, of course. I just generally try to avoid walled gardens unless I “have to”.

Personally, paying for Premium is not an option. It’s $17 here, which is just absurdly overpriced IMHO.

Strange about the volume controls…
Is the soundbar/amp connected via HDMI Arc?
If yes, it sounds like some settings with HDMI CEC is messed up. Usually these things can be set manually on the TV or device itself.
If you’ve tried everything, then ignore my uncalled for advice and enjoy the day.

Appreciate the input as well, mate!

I think the product is really exciting, but I’d have a very hard time convincing by better half and kids that it’s an upgrade, sadly.

I’ll do some more reading on it before I purchase anything else though, so thanks a lot for the input!

I think our partners could be sisters, tbh…

My conclusion is pretty much the same as yours, but I still wanted to double check for fresh inputs: I’m stuck with Google for now, unless I want to test a Chinese product.
I just have this feeling that the moment I purchase the TV Streamer, Nvidia or Valve will release something awesome that blows it out of the water.
Maybe that means I should buy it to help everyone else on the fence…

Yeah the ads are crazy, but at least with Android devices you can often have a different launcher.

The Apple TV is tempting me more and more and would be the perfect device, had it only supported side loading or SmartTube. It’s a deal breaker for me, pushing me towards either Google with Projectivity launcher or trying to wait out a new Shield device.

Glad to see your happy with it though. I think I’ve yet to talk to anyone who isn’t, which says a lot about it as a product.

Yeah, I think it’s very clever, but like you say it will be interesting to see how the system fairs outside a lab environment over time.
And even if it does work flawlessly, there is no way they will price it lower than the H2D which is already outside what I consider reasonable for sporadic home use.

If all my dreams come true, the competition heats up and they end up dumping the prices over the board.
Realistically though, I’ll keep an eye on the H2S over the next few months and see if people have issues with it before I give away even more of my hard earned money.

I’m thinking more and more that this is a semi-rushed response to Snapmaker having insane success on KS with their U1, more than a goodwill gesture from BL, tbh.

I also struggle seeing the true point of it, depending on what the price ends up being.
Let’s say it lands at 2500-3000€. The H2S will have higher print speed (lighter gantry), fewer movable parts and a thoroughly tested hot end setup at 1150€ without AMS.
1500€ in poop is going to take most people a lifetime to produce, not considering the advanced Vortek system needing maintenance. That’s like 75 full 1 kg rolls of pure poop if you pay 20€ for each.
It will also require at least two AMS units to function fully, both of which are proprietary and useless the day you buy another branded machine.
If you don’t need a heated chamber or the increased print size, you can get away with the P-series for even less money.

Add the closed ecosystem to the mix, and I can’t really see any viable reason to wait for the H2C at all…
Am I just being dumb here? I’d genuinely like to know

I’ll admit never having used Lidarr, but if it’s dead and no other good automated software exists, I’ll just use the good old “search and click download”-hack.

Hopefully I won’t ever have to do this, but time will tell

Thanks mate, but the only way to fix it would be to have Windows as the prio boot OS, which just hurts too much hehe.

I’d rather sit and wait and choose it manually after updating.

I would love to know why they stopped for so long. Must be some back room deals having been made, but if Trump is gonna sell them out, I guess all bets are off and cripling their economy is the best course of action.

Keep hitting it. I’ll gladly pay a bit more if it means Russia loses faster!

Spot on!

The moment music starts being split up between companies is the day I start pirating music again too.
My NAS and media NUC have soon paid for themselves from saving on streaming services. Adding music to it won’t cost me a dime.